Sourcing from China, for any market
Source water softeners and filters from China
Softeners, filters, control valves and tanks built to your valve, tank and resin spec, with spare parts planned before the first order. We check the approvals your market needs and quote one price delivered.
What we source
Built to your drawings and spec. Something else in this category? Ask in the RFQ.
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Water softeners
- Valve model
- Tank size and material
- Resin spec
- Flow rate
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Whole-house and point-of-use filters
- Certification for your market
- Flow rate
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Control valves, tanks and spare parts
- Spare parts and warranty terms written into the order
- Private-label packaging
Put this in your RFQ
- Valve model, tank size, resin and flow rate
- Quantity per model and spare parts
- The approval your market requires, and the delivery address
Certificates by destination market
One row per rule, each linked to the regulator or scheme that sets it, with the date we last checked it. Your code official or importer has the final say.
US United States
- Water treatment certification (NSF/ANSI 44, 42, 53, 58; WQA Gold Seal) Voluntary
The listed system (or component) meets the named standard for the listed contaminant claims.
NSF, WQA, IAPMO, CSA, UL
WQA product search, NSF DWTU listings Checked - SDWA lead-free certification (NSF/ANSI/CAN 372 and 61) Required
NSF 372: wetted surfaces meet the 0.25% weighted-average lead limit. NSF 61: the component's health effects in drinking water were evaluated (Section 9 covers endpoint devices such as faucets).
US EPA (rule); certifiers such as NSF, IAPMO, CSA, UL, WQA
EPA: use of lead-free pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder and flux, NSF lead content listings Checked
UK United Kingdom
- Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 Required
Any fitting connected to the public water supply in England and Wales, including taps, filters and softeners, must be of an appropriate quality and standard: a British Standard or equivalent, or a specification the regulator approves. Scotland has separate rules, not covered here.
SI 1999/1148 (England and Wales)
The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, regulation 4, The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, regulation 3 Checked
EU European Union
- Drinking Water Directive, Article 11: approved materials Required from
Products in contact with drinking water may only use materials on the EU positive lists, brass and copper-alloy compositions included, tested by the EU methods. National approval systems apply until then.
Directive (EU) 2020/2184; Implementing Decisions (EU) 2024/367 and 2024/368
Directive (EU) 2020/2184, Article 11, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/367, European positive lists, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/368, testing and acceptance of final materials Checked
CA Canada
- National Plumbing Code of Canada: CAN/CSA-B483.1 drinking water treatment Building code
Point-of-use drinking water treatment devices, filter cartridges included, must conform to CAN/CSA-B483.1. The article does not cover whole-house softeners.
National Research Council Canada; Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes
National Plumbing Code of Canada 2020 Checked
AU Australia
- Lead Free WaterMark Required
Products in contact with drinking water may hold at most 0.25% weighted average lead. Since 1 May 2026 manufacturers may only produce Lead Free WaterMark certified products; existing certified stock may be installed until 1 May 2028.
Australian Building Codes Board; NCC Volume Three, A5G4
Lead free plumbing products, WaterMark Certification Checked - WaterMark certification for drinking water treatment (AS 3497) Required
Point-of-use and point-of-entry drinking water treatment systems (filters, reverse osmosis, UV) must be WaterMark certified to AS 3497; other water treatment units upstream of appliances are certified to WMTS-103.
Australian Building Codes Board; WaterMark Certification Scheme
Schedule of Products, WaterMark Certification Scheme 2026-1 Checked
Import duty by country
Rates for goods made in China, from each country's official tariff data. Your customs broker confirms the code and the rate at entry.
USUnited States
Checked| HTS line | Duty before AD/CVD |
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| 8421.21.00 Machinery for filtering or purifying water (softeners, filtration systems) | 37.5% |
No AD/CVD order on these HTS lines in our data.
HTSUS 2026 Rev. 21, 8421.21.00UKUnited Kingdom
Checked| Commodity code | Import duty |
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| 8421 21 00 90 Machinery for filtering or purifying water (softeners, filters) | 0% |
Import VAT of 20% is charged on top of duty, per the same tariff rows.
UK Trade Tariff: commodity code 8421210090Every other country
We quote duty for your country per order. Tell us the delivery address and we work out the commodity code, the duty and any trade remedy on Chinese goods, and put them in the landed quote.
How sourcing works
One team from the RFQ to delivery on your site.
- 1 Send your RFQ Product, spec or drawings, quantity and delivery address, or a Chinese quote you already hold.
- 2 Approve one landed quote We shortlist factories, get samples, check certificates against your market and price import duty in. One price delivered to your site, with a date for each stage.
- 3 We deliver to your site Production follow-up, inspection before shipment, ocean freight, customs clearance and delivery, run by the same team.
Questions buyers ask
- What about spare parts after the first order?
- Put the spare-parts list and the warranty terms in the RFQ. We price the spares in the same quote, so they can ship with the first order.
- Which certificates do water softeners and filters need in my country?
- The table on this page lists the rules we have sourced for each market, with the regulator’s page and the date we checked it. Your code official, importer or notified body has the final say. Name your market in the RFQ and we check the factory’s documents against it.
- What import duty will I pay?
- It depends on the commodity code and the country of import. This page shows the US and UK rates from their official tariff data. For any other country we work out the duty for your order and put it in the quote.
- What is the minimum order?
- Each factory sets its own minimum, usually per item, color or finish. Put your quantity in the RFQ and we quote only factories that will take it.
Sources and related products
- 1.WQA product search
- 2.NSF DWTU listings
- 3.EPA: use of lead-free pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder and flux
- 4.NSF lead content listings
- 5.The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, regulation 4
- 6.The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, regulation 3
- 7.Directive (EU) 2020/2184, Article 11
- 8.Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/367, European positive lists
- 9.Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/368, testing and acceptance of final materials
- 10.National Plumbing Code of Canada 2020
- 11.Lead free plumbing products, WaterMark Certification
- 12.Schedule of Products, WaterMark Certification Scheme 2026-1
- 13.HTSUS 2026 Rev. 21, 8421.21.00
- 14.UK Trade Tariff: commodity code 8421210090